Snap! After spending the afternoon in the pissing rain the fault was eventually tracked down to TalkTalk, one of the biggest telcos in the country. Luckily, 'twas just a clumsy trainee being a bit clever with his crowbar. Though on the subject of TalkTalk (and crowbars)..brianv wrote:FAO Admin. I had trouble connecting this evening and when I did the site was reacting strangely to clicks, pages jumping up and down. I was about to post in the RayGun thread and was thrown out to the front page. Might be just a bad connection or it could be something more insidious! Thought I'd better say to be on the safe-side!
Apparently in November 2010, an aggravated burglary took place at Broughton Hall, the Staffordshire home of John Caudwell, billionaire founder of the TalkTalk / CarphoneWarehouse empire.
According to BBC Crimewatch, a gang of masked raiders (Scousers obviously) burst into the half-timbered mansion and coshed Caudwell over the head with a crowbar. The dangerous attackers remain at large. Caudwell has put up a substantial reward for info.
Last word to Caudwell: "they're probably going to - almost certainly going to - do it again, and who knows what's going to happen next time.."
BILLIONAIRE BURGLARY VICTIM: John Caudwell
NASTY BUMP: John Caudwell
BROUGHTON HALL: the Caudwell stately pile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crimewatch/appeals ... lary.shtml (great drumming at 1m25s - what wasted talent)